Stories

March 26, 2023 Ezekiel 7:1-14John 11:1-45 A dry season had come to the ohi’a forest, and one ‘apapane was worried about it. She still considered herself young, but she’d long since left the nest, and for most of her life things had been rather predictable in her forest. That is, there would […]

March 19, 2023 Ephesians 5:8-14John 9:1-41 The two i’iwi – I don’t know whether they were husband and wife or brother and sister or cousins or friends, but there was he and there was she – were very excited. Setting out early in the morning, they had found an ohi’a tree that had gone into […]

March 5, 2023 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17John 3:1-17 The ‘amakihi was concerned. He was about 15 months old, feeling something like an adult – I know that’s young for a human being but he was an ‘amakihi, and they grow faster. Come to think of it, they haven’t got quite as much growing to do. He […]

February 26, 2023 Psalm 32Matthew 4:1-11 I think you may have heard the story I’m not telling, the one about when the Tempter tried to tempt Jesus. He challenged him to turn stones into bread because Jesus was hungry, and Jesus said, “No.” He challenged him to prove he was the Messiah by […]

February 19, 2023 Exodus 24:12-18Matthew 17:1-9 The river was a pretty good river. It had some charming waterfalls and some broad pools. It had earth banks solid rock banks and stony banks and down near where it entered the ocean, it had sandy banks. It made chuckling sounds over small rocks, […]